The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-09-29
THE RAILROAD INVESTIGATION.
Ex-Judge Dillon Speaks His Mind to the Com
mission and Courts Full Investigation.

NEW YORK, Sept. 28-When the Pacific rail-
road investigation committee assembled this
morning, neither Charles Francis Adams nor
any of the subp9naed witnesses were present,
and it appeared as though nothing was to be
done, when lawyer Cohen came in and presented
an affidavit of John 2. Jackson to show that
bis connection with the Los Angeles s. Inds-
pendence railroad was only as agent for Senator
JONES' of Nevada Isaac Gaetz was then called.
Mr. Gaetz said he had been connected with the
Central Pacific and C. P. Huntington long
time. He signed all official checks with
his own name. Checks were all made
out to the order of the witness,
I. E. Gaetz, who had orders to make them valid
Sometimes the vice president had him indorse
checks made out to specific order. which
were for turning into cash at once. Mr.. Hunt
ington, of course, had a private bank account
what becomes of the old stub check books2'
was asked. Il don't know" was the reply. Then
the witness was asked the meaning of large
sums of money placed opposite his name by Mr..
Huntington in his regular reports to San Frau
cisco, but Mr.. Gaetz said he did not know any
thing about this matter, save that the entries
had made out as before testified. Witness never
made up the reports Mr.. Huntington did that
himself.
Judge John F. Dillon, solicitor of the Union
Pacific. read a communication from Vce-presl-
dent Potter, of Union Pacific Company, which
bore upon the branch line of the company. the
ment Of the same. The company paid its branch
lines literally, and as result secured a large
and lucrative business. The paper was lengthy
and heavy with law and railway technicalities
and after it was finished Judge Dillon read one
for himself. He called the attention of the COM
mission to the fact that for years there had been
persistent calls for investigation of The road.
This commission had undertaken the work. It
had called all the world to testify
against the road without restriction, The
road, knowing that everything was straight had
placed every scrap of its records the dis
posal Of the commission and it's corps of experts
had roamed at will through its books and papers.
IL there was anything else the company could do
to make the finding more conclusive, or any fur
Their evidence to the value of its branch lines,
the company would be GLAD to furnish it and set
tie the matter once for all. All the company
asked was that If the commissions experts
should find anything which seemed to need
PLANTATION it be allowed opportunity ex-
plain. This was deemed but fair in view of the
fact that the investigation WAS ex parte.
A letter was reported received from John A.
vindicated him.
After recess the first witness was D. II. Bates.
president and general manager of the Baltimore
81 Ohio Telegraph Company. He had in his
hand the printed report of his testimony before
the Blount committee in 1856, and which he said
contained all he knew bout the relations of the
Union Pacific to his company.
Judge Dillon then repeated his testimony as
given by him by last May. bearing upon the re-
laton between the Union Pacific and the tele-
graph companies. After some further evidence
of no special interest the commission adjourned
till tomorrow.